Sebastian Vettel finishes the day in Abu Dhabi

After dispossessing Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) of the best time in the middle of the day on the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) has kept the best honorary time of the first day of the Pirelli tire tests, in view of the next season.

The German, who should give way to Charles Leclerc tomorrow, concludes with the same reference in 1'36 "812four tenths ahead of the Finn of the world champion team, and with the hyper-tender gums. Bottas also signed his best time in hyper-tender, but with the 2019 version of Pirelli erasers (see clbadification below, where the name Compound 5, corresponds to the new nomenclature of the Italian manufacturer).

Entered into action for the first time under the colors Racing Point Force India, without having been confirmed for 2019, Lance Stroll climbed to third place at 1 "097 Vettel, ahead of Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) The Dutch should be replaced by Pierre Gasly on Wednesday.

Sergio Perez (Racing Point Force India), in action this morning, appears in fifth position and ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and Nico Hulkenberg (Renault). Braked this morning by a mechanical problem on his Haas VF-18, Pietro Fittipaldi was able to follow the laps in the afternoon to finish eighth with 56 laps completed.

The young Brazilian is in front Robert Kubica (Williams), author of 32 laps, and a better time than his future teammate George Russell, seen this morning in the FW41. Kimi Räikkönen (Sauber), who was forced to stop at turn 7 at the end of the session, and Sean Gelael (Toro Rosso), who will be replaced tomorrow by Daniil Kvyat, close the way.

The photos of the essays can be consulted via the link at the end of the article.

>>>>> Photos of the Pirelli Trials of Abu Dhabi 2018 <<<<<

Pierre Tbadel

<! –

->